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Put down those disposables: Parents embrace old diaper ways
Been here....done this....people that rail against it have never tried it most likely.
Cloth is healthier (never had diaper rash etc.)...it IS cheaper in the long run...and not that much extra laundry or work actually. Get a diaper pail and dump the "bulk" in the toilet. When you get a load....wash it. Happy and healthy kid...Ta da!
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Lawrence Public Library selected for "Super Wi-Fi" pilot
OK......how about this.....the KU Libraries ARE in the middle of the city according to your map. Go get a Kansas resident borrower card....solved. Been there done that.
August 30, 2013 at 1:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
World-renowned performers wow downtown Lawrence
The spots on the streets right next to the parking lot entrances/exits should be compact cars only. You cannot see what's coming on the right and HAVE TO go almost all the way out. Either that or just make street parking in those areas compact only.
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Lawrence educator hikes Appalachian Trail to inspire students
You're an awesome dude.
This is at least a local story definitely worth reading about. Especially if it inspires even one student.
August 25, 2013 at 10:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Late-night convenience store delivery service begins operations in student neighborhoods
OMG to many fun runs and cycle events to choose from....what's next the silly walk-a-thon...
"And is that…is that a charity 5k fun run? Guess I'm going to have to pick and choose this week!" - http://www.theonion.com/articles/neig...
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New development slated for Bob Billings and SLT may land a grocery store
OK replace the comment of "bad" with "bad situation".....Gedanken's comment is still spot on. By your view, I guess there are parts of Detroit with "affordable housing" now...
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July 4 bursting with opportunities for viewing pyrotechnic displays
Dumbest and saddest comment I've ever read...
Measuring your "freedom" through the use of pyrotechnics. You sure haven't traveled much abroad have you? There are many places where the use of pyrotechnics is the least concern on the minds of the populace.
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Digging into KU faculty salaries
You can live very well in Lawrence on $60k-80k or more.....
I guarantee you will not be able to live the same standard with same discretionary income in Boulder. In fact, unless you are the $100k-200k ones in Boulder....you will be living in one of the Boulder suburb cities and commuting...Broomfield, Longmont etc. etc.
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Library expansion bids come in below budget, allowing for coffee shop concept to be added back to project
But serving alcohol would.....ask any college student about them goggles....
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Governor's bill on third-grade reading standards raises eyebrows
I have the best idea....how about parents read to their children as they grow up and actually instill the desire in them to want to learn to read.....end of story.
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If Coasting has been warned and is still terribly inactive, then... I doubt he's mafia. I need to look and find out who to vote.
@Rio Kamishiro; She said she isn't lynch proof as well and a day phase may be the only way to prove if she's lying or not. Remember Belarus' ability in the Betrayal mafia?
I honestly don't want to mention other mafias, but I was thinking the same thing as you Midori.
Okay, so let's say the majority of votes will be on me this phase, and I don't get lynched. Will you try and lynch me again because being "lynchproof" doesn't prove alignment?
Voting me is a waste of your time. This phase, I wouldn't get lynched. next phase, you would only get a townie out.
Vote: Midorikawa
Maybe you're so concerned that I seem lynchproof because you're mafia and can't nightkill me? You're way too insistent on this.
What else besides wanting lynches have I done to seem so scummy to you?
@Rio Kamishiro; According to Ryoga's logic.


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Chenda is a wooden percussion instrument used in temple rituals and festivals as well as classical and folk art forms like Kathakali and Theyyam in Kerala. The film, Swapaanam, shooting of which is progressing at a village in Palakkad in Kerala, explores the inner struggles and agonies of a skilled chenda player and how the exceptional creativity of the artiste alienates him from his own family and village. Jayaram, who used to find time to perform chenda at temple festivals despite his busy shooting schedules, has already appeared playing the instrument in some of the films but this is for the first time that he is playing a full-length character of a percussionist. Besides Jayaram, around 150 percussionists from across Kerala are also appearing in the film.
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Al Ahli Football Club have announced the signing of a three-year partnership with BMW to make the premium automotive manufacturer the official automotive partner of the club. The deal, the first of its kind in the UAE, highlights the club's growing commercial strategy, which aims to make it commercially profitable in the near future. As part of the deal, AGMC, the exclusive importer of BMW in Dubai , Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, will provide a fleet of twenty-eight luxury BMW vehicles for the use of Al Ahli's backroom staff and board members. In addition, Al Ahli fans will be able to avail of special deals on certain BMW vehicles and VIP services for special guests. The club is also set to launch competitions in which fan can win chauffeur-driven VIP transport in BMW vehicles to and from home matches for them and their friends. Mr. Ahmed Khalifa Al Hammad, CEO of Al Ahli Football Club said, "Al Ahli is the first football club in the UAE to sign a long-tem commercial partnership with an automotive manufacturer, and we are delighted to be associated with a premium brand like BMW. This partnership is part of our plan to make this club dependent financially and commercially profitable, and to ensure it functions as a professional entity both on and off the pitch." Stathis I. Stathis, General Manager of AGMC said, "Our partnership with Al Ahli is the latest chapter in AGMC and BMW's history of supporting local and international sports in the UAE – a history that has included golf, sailing, motorsport, and now football. We look forward to a successful relationship with the club, its management and most importantly, its continuously-growing fan base of loyal supporters." An overhaul of the club's operational structure has seen increases in the number of fans attending home games to see club stars such as Italian World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro and Ahmed Khalil, the hero of UAE's recent Silver Medal performance at the Asian Games in China. As a gesture of goodwill to home fans, the Chairman of the Board of Directors has bought every ticket for home games in order for fans to attend for free. AGMC, on the other hand, has recently opened the first phase of an AED80 million expansion of its flagship showroom on Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Road. Covering a total area of 33,000 square meters, the showroom features state-of-the-art sales and after-sales facilities, 24 hour Fast Lane Service, a dedicated workshop for BMW 7 Series, X5 and X6 customers and a new car delivery area.


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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has again fuelled speculation of a return to Serie A. "One day I will play for Milan."
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Ashwood Secondary College is holding a Parent Forum titled 'Path Forward – New Direction at Ashwood' on 5 August, 2015 commencing at 7:30pm in the Collaborative Learning Centre.
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Repurpose a pair of old gloves to make these crochet ghost finger puppets, an easy Halloween craft to try if you're just getting started crocheting.
- One white glove
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- Cut fingers off a white glove.
- Put Fray Check around cut edge if desired to stop fraying. Allow to dry.
- Single crochet around cut edge using white #10 crochet thread.
- Punch eyes out of black art foam. Glue on.
- Voilá – cute little ghost finger puppet.
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When people purchase stock, they must pay a commission fee to their stock broker who is transacting the security. Commission fees are usually charged on a per transaction basis up to a specified number of shares that are purchased/sold and are typically under $40 per trade. Most people prefer to reduce the average commission costs by spreading them over the purchase of many shares.
For instance, if a brokerage firm charges $20 per trade (i.e. for stocks under $20 and up to 100 shares) and an investor purchases one share (called an odd lot) of ABC for $10 per share, then the total cost would be $30 per share - the cost of the commission plus the cost of the one ABC share. If instead the investor decides to buy 100 ABC shares (a round lot) for the $10 share, then the average cost would be reduced to $10.20 [($1,000 + 20)/100]. Thus, by increasing the number of shares purchased, the average cost (including commission) per share would be reduced and the investor who purchased 100 shares would only have to wait until ABC stock price rose $0.20 to $10.20 to break even. As for the investor who purchased just one ABC share, he would have to wait until the stock price soared 200% to $30/share before breaking even.
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This invention relates to a device for handling a workpiece. More particularly, the device is used to handle a container for chemotherapy drugs such as an ampoule, vial or the like. The device may also be used to handle a container of radioactive matter or other dangerous materials.
Workpiece handling devices have been known for centuries. Numerous types of spinners, holders or carriers have been developed depending upon the size, shape and weight of the item or items to be spun, held or carried. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 2,471,103, a device for holding watch movements of various sizes and shapes is disclosed. The device comprises a first pair of stationary pins extending upwardly from a permanent base. A second pair of pins connect to a block beneath the base and move simultaneously with a slidable push rod having an actuating knob located at the forward end of the base. Watch movements are held between the four pins during inspection and repair. The device disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,471,103 does not provide any support beneath the main body of the watch movement or workpiece, however. Nor does the patent teach rotation or variable height adjustment of the device or workpiece held therebetween.
A straight beam adjustable jaw clamp taught in U.S. Pat. No. 2,949,947 includes a pair of parallel spaced bars upon which a plurality of workpieces are supported. The clamp includes a first fixed jaw and second jaw adjustable relative to the spaced bars. Each of said jaws has a workpiece-engaging face covered by resilient facing material such as rubber or felt. Since the clamp disclosed requires only one hand for operation, the other hand of the clamp operator is freed. However, the clamp disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,949,947 is not separately rotatable or height adjustable. The patented clamp also teaches jaw adjustment and handle-biasing means which are substantially different from the device herein.
In laboratory environments, there is also a need for workpiece handling devices which promote worker efficiency and safety. For example, when laboratory containers must be held in either extreme temperature conditions or for extended periods of time with little or no movement, container holders are irreplaceable. U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,693,015 and 2,914,831 teach laboratory container holders which adjust to variable heights. With these holders, test tubes and flasks are handled during heating, mixing or other activities. Specifically, both patents disclose a band which wraps around the neck of the container to be held. Remaining slack in the band is taken up within a bar and tensioned by a nut or other securing means. Neither patent teaches means for easily removing the laboratory container from the holder nor for supporting the container from beneath.
In the pharmaceutical setting, handlers of chemotherapy drugs must take special precautions to insure their safety as well as those of the drug recipient. Chemotherapy drugs are the most potent and toxic drug class on a milligram per milligram basis currently available. Many of these drugs are teratogenic (producing birth defects); carcinogenic (known cancer producing agents in man); and/or genotoxic (may produce irreversible chromosomal damage). The patients to whom these drugs are administered receive them only after dilution or at a much slower rate through the vein so that blood flow further dilutes the concentration. Typically, the patients receiving chemotherapy drugs are immunosuppressed through the use of other drugs. Therefore, pharmacists and other drug handlers must be especially careful to insure that patients receive sterile drug dosages free of bacteria and other foreign matter.
Because of the need to protect both the recipient and the chemotherapy drug handler, the pharmaceutical laboratory work area includes a biological safety cabinet or hood having a downward vertical air flow therebeneath. An absorbent pad is placed directly beneath the air flow and over the area where the drug handler prepares precise patient dosages. Recently adopted OSHA guidelines further recommend that individual handlers of chemotherapy drugs wear hydrophobic gowns and surgical latex gloves. Most chemotherapy drugs are stored and transferred either in vials which operate under a negative pressure system or in glass ampoules having tap necks that must be broken. When extracting drugs from these containers, drug handlers should not disrupt the downward flow of air onto the work area or otherwise risk contamination of the patient dosages which they prepare. Hence, chemotherapy drug handlers should operate from beneath the containers or parallel to the work surface to insure dosage sterility but as far away from the containers as is physically possible to reduce their own risks to accidental exposure.
There are no known devices for handling chemotherapy drug containers at this time. Rather, present safety techniques require the handler to hold a vial or opened ampoule in one hand and insert a filter straw or needle into the container with the other hand. While under the downward air flow of the safety cabinet, the handler should then extract the needle plunger using only his/her thumb. This technique becomes tiresome and may result in handler deviations from recommended procedures. Even with the above precautions, chemotherapy drug handlers are nevertheless susceptible to exposure either through inhalation of an aerosol (or spray) of the drug or by direct skin contact with open containers, broken glass or needle tips.
For the chemotherapy drugs stored in vials, chemo pins were developed to equate the pressure from within the vial thereby reducing the possibility of handler exposure from drug aerosolization. These chemo pins are rather costly to maintain in constant supply, however.
This invention relates to a device for handling a workpiece such as a container for chemotherapy drugs or the like. The device comprises a base plate, a vertical post extending from the base plate, a support barrel rotatably connected at one end to a support member which slidably engages with the vertical post and a shaft that is biased within the support barrel to partially extend through and outwardly beyond the end of the support barrel opposite the support member. The device further comprises a first jaw member which extends downwardly through the support barrel and connects to the shaft for relative movement therewith and a second jaw member opposed to the first jaw member. The second jaw member may be affixed to the end of the support barrel opposite the support member. Alternatively, the second jaw member connects to a clamping means which slidably engages with the support barrel intermediate the first jaw member and the end of the support barrel opposite the support member.
In the preferred embodiment, the support barrel, shaft, vertical post and both jaw members are made of a lightweight yet sturdy material, such as aluminum. A base plate made of steel provides sufficient weight and a low center of gravity to thus anchor and stabilize the device during use. The support barrel includes at least one substantially planar surface having a channel through which the first jaw member extends. Each jaw member includes a vertical frame from which a plurality of spaced tine pairs extend. Most preferably, the time pairs of the first jaw member are staggered relative to the tine pairs of the second jaw member so as to intermesh when the jaw members are urged towards each other in a rest position. The tine pairs may be covered with a cushioning and gripping material such as foam, plastic, rubber or felt.
For ease in operation, the device includes a handle attached to the end of the shaft protruding outwardly beyond the support barrel. With this handle, the operator may rotate the support barrel of the device a full 360� in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction relative to the support member. This same handle may also be forced inwardly into the support barrel to move the first jaw member away from the second jaw member and into a loading and unloading position. In this latter position, an ampoule or vial containing a chemotherapy drug (or other dangerous material) may be rested on the planar surface nearer the first jaw member for loading. The handle is then slowly released until the jaw members close about the container. The preferred embodiment of the invention further includes means for adjusting the resistance of rotation of the support barrel relative to the support member.
It is a primary object of this invention to provide handlers of dangerous materials with a third, helping hand in the pharmaceutical laboratory environment. By holding a container between the jaw members of this device, chemotherapy drug handlers may use their free hand for other activities, such as assisting with the extraction of drugs from the container. The benefits gained from incorporating this device into existing procedural techniques are measurable. Patient dosages may be prepared at rates about 38-63% faster than by conventional means. Also, individual drug handlers can work with more mental assurance that they will not be accidentally exposed to dangerous drugs since they will be further away from open containers, broken glass and needle tips.
This invention has advantages at the administrative level as well. The device does not violate the air flow patterns beneath existing safety cabinets or hoods. Hence, the sterility of patient dosages is preserved, if not enhanced. Unlike other pharmaceutical mechanisms. this device may be operated by either right-handed or left-handed personnel. The device decreases administrative costs by decreasing substantially the need for disposable chemo pins and by requiring very little maintenance on a one-time purchase. With improved handler technique, faster and safer dosage preparations result in increased employee productivity while decreasing hospital liability to both drug handlers and recipients.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the device with a vial positioned between the jaw members;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the device;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top elevational view of the device with the jaw members partially covered with a cushioning and gripping material;
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of a section of the device showing the second clamping means slidably engaged with the outermost end of the support barrel so that the second jaw member is in a most open rest position relative to the first jaw member;
FIG. 6 is a top elevationl view of the device with the handle and shaft forced into the support barrel to move the first jaw member away from the second jaw member and into a loading and unloading position; and
FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of a section of the device with the support barrel rotated approximately 45� in a clockwise direction relative to the support member.
This invention is directed to a device for handling a workpiece such as a container for chemotherapy drugs. More specifically, the device handles an ampoule, vial or the like. The device may also be used to handle a container of radioactive matter or other dangerous materials. The shaft, support barrel and number, size and shape of the jaw members may also be modified to accommodate other workpieces.
As fully shown in FIGS. 1-4, the device of the present invention includes a base plate 1 having a plurality of rubber skids 2 affixed to the bottom. The rubber skids 2 prevent the base plate 1 from sliding about and from damaging the surface upon which the device rests. A vertical post 3 extends upwardly from the base plate 1. In the preferred embodiment, post 3 extends perpendicularly from base plate 1 and detachably connects thereto. Most preferably, the base plate 1 is made of steel and post 3 of aluminum. The sufficient weight of a steel base plate 1 provides a low center of gravity to thus anchor and stabilize the device during use.
A support member 5 slidably engages with vertical post 3. The member 5 includes a transverse slot 5a which permits the member 5 to be tightened against post 3. The height of member 5 relative to the post is adjustably controlled by a height adjustment knob 6. When knob 6 is loosened, slot 5a widens to allow vertical movement of member 5 to the desired position along post 3.
A support barrel, generally 10, rotatably connects to the member 5 at end 11 nearest member 5. The barrel 10 includes at least one substantially planar surface 12 having a channel 13 extending therethrough. The planar surface 12 of barrel 10 supports a workpiece from beneath during handling. Planar surface 12 also prevents the workpiece from falling completely through the jaw members, as further described herein, if the workpiece is prematurely released during loading. In the preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-7, barrel 10 comprises a hollow, square tubing of aluminum with channel 13 extending through the center of planar surface 12 completely to the end 14 of barrel 10 (opposite end 11 and member 5). Alternatively, barrel 10 may have a polygonal cross-section with channel 13 extending only partially through a substantially planar surface thereof.
Barrel 10 of the device rotates a full 360� in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction relative to member 5 as indicated by arrow A in FIG. 2. Hence, either left-handed or right-handed pharmacists and drug handlers may operate the device. In order to adjust the resistance of rotation of the barrel 10 about member 5, the device includes a tension resistance knob 15.
A shaft 20, biased by a spring 21 abutting the shaft 20 within barrel 10, partially extends through and outwardly beyond end 14 of the barrel 10. Preferably, the shaft 20 is made of a lighweight yet sturdy material, such as aluminum.
The device further comprises a pair of jaw members extending above the planar surface 12 of barrel 10. At least one of the jaw members is movable relative to barrel 10 so as to urge the jaw members towards each other in a rest position or away from each other in a loading and unloading position. In the later position, a container, such as vial V in FIG. 1, is placed onto planar surface 12 between the jaw members. Thereafter, the shaft 20 is biased outwardly until the jaw members return to the rest position with vial V therebetween. More specifically, a first jaw member 25 extends downwardly through channel 13 of barrel 10 and connects to shaft 20 for relative movement therewith. A second jaw member 26 opposes first jaw member 25 and is affixed to end 14 of the barrel 10. Preferably, second jaw member 26 connects to a clamping means 27 which slidably engages with the barrel 10 intermediate first jaw member 25 and end 14 of the barrel 10. The position of the clamping means 27 along barrel 10 is adjustably controlled by a horizontal positioning knob 28. Horizontal knob 28 loosens and retightens about barrel 10 in a manner similar to the operation of height adjustment knob 6. With knob 28, therefore, the amount of space between jaw members may be adjusted until the jaw members nearly contact when in the rest position as in FIGS. 4 and 7. The clamping means 27 may also be slid to the outermost edge of end 14 as shown in FIG. 5 so that the second jaw member 26 is in a most open rest position relative to the first jaw member 25. Clamping means 27 may also be positioned at any desired point between the above two extremes depending upon the dimensions of the workpiece to be handled.
As best seen in FIGS. 1 and 4, each jaw member comprises a vertical frame from which a plurality of spaced tine pairs inwardly extend. More particularly, vertical frame 31 of first jaw member 25 includes tine pairs 33 and vertical frame 32 of second jaw member 26 includes tine pairs 34, which oppose the tine pairs 33 of the first jaw member 25. In the preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the first and second jaw members are at least partially covered with a cushioning and gripping material 35 such as polyurethane foam, plastic, rubber or felt. Alternatively, particular tine pairs or an entire jaw member may be completely covered with a suitable material that will soften the contact of the tine pairs with the workpiece upon sudden accidental closure. This material may also enhance the grip of the tine pairs about the workpiece. Preferably, the first jaw member and second jaw member are made of aluminum. Most preferably, the tine pairs 33 of the first jaw member 25 are staggered relative to the tine pairs 34 of the second jaw member 26 so as to intermesh when the vertical frames 31, 32 are urged towards each other in the rest position.
For ease in operation, a handle 40 is attached to the end of shaft 20 that extends outwardly beyond barrel 10.. As shown in FIG. 6, an operator's hand H forces handle 40 and shaft 20 into barrel 10 to move the first jaw member 25 away from second jaw member 26 and into a loading and unloading position. Thereafter, a container for chemotherapy drugs may be rested on planar surface 12 between jaw members 25 and 26. The same handle 40 may also be used to rotate the barrel 10, jaw members 25, 26 and any container held therebetween a full 360� in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction relative to member 5. In FIG. 7, hand H rotates the device 45� in the clockwise direction for illustrative purposes.
When the device is used properly, the possibility of accidental handler exposure to dangerous chemotherapy drugs is reduced. The invention keeps handlers further away from open containers broken glass and needle tips. With greater mental assurance of their safer working environment, handler technique will also be enhanced. Sterility of the prepared dosages is preserved since the device does not violate the downward flow of air beneath existing safety cabinets or hoods. Productivity improves because of a measurable increase in individual handler efficiency. On sample dosages prepared with the device as compared to preparation by conventional means, handler techniques were:
40% faster when preparing a dosage by extraction from one (1) ampoule;
63% faster when the more common extraction from two (2) ampoules is required; and
38% faster when preparing a dosage from a single 50 ml vial of chemotherapy drugs.
Because of improved handler techniques and preserved dosage sterility, hospital liability to both drug preparer and recipient is reduced. Administratively, by reducing handler risk to exposure by aerosolization, the device also decreases substantially the need for costly chemo pins. The device, which may be used by left-handed or right-handed personnel, is a one-time laboratory purchase only. Because of its steel and aluminum constriction, the device also requires very little maintenance.
Having presently described the preferred embodiments of this invention, it is to be understood that it may be otherwise embodied within the scope of the appended claims.
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|Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
|Electrical ablation devices
|Dec 18, 2009
|May 12, 2015
|Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
|Surgical instrument comprising an electrode
|Mar 15, 2012
|Jun 9, 2015
|Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
|Hand held surgical device for manipulating an internal magnet assembly within a patient
|Jul 3, 2012
|Jul 14, 2015
|Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
|Endoscopic cap electrode and method for using the same
|Jan 13, 2006
|Aug 17, 2006
|Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg
|Carrying system for an implement and method for cutting trees
|Feb 1, 2010
|Aug 5, 2010
|Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
|Surgical scissors
|U.S. Classification
|248/122.1, 248/313, 248/130
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jan 9, 1991
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Jun 9, 1991
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Aug 20, 1991
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 19910609